Originally Posted by CraigB

Most of my goals have been psychological in nature, except one big one - when I get under 200 I promised myself a new road bike to replace my 20 year old steed. Unfortunately, simply reaching that point in my weight loss doesn't translate into being able to afford a new bike. If I don't get a different job, in my own field, it'll never happen. When 200 was still 70, 60, even 50 pounds away, that aspect of it never even entered into the equation. Now that it's only 18 pounds in the future, it's becoming more of a stark reality, staring me in the face.